Old Dominion Monarchs

BASEBALL Walker, Navarro lead Tides to victory International League: Christian Walker went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI and Rey Navarro went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and an RBI to lead the Norfolk Tides to a 7-3 victory against the Pawtucket Red Sox. Coastal Plain League: The Peninsula Pilots snap a three-game skid defeating the Wilmington Sharks 4-3. American Legion: Williamsburg Post 39 advanced to the District Three tournament final via a forfeit from Hampton Post 31. Eastern League: Engel Beltre hit an RBI double in the bottom of the 7th to lead the Richmond Flying Squirrels to a 4-3 victory against the Akron Rubber Ducks. LITTLE LEAGUE York...

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BASEBALLWalker, Navarro lead Tides to victoryInternational League: Christian Walker went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI and Rey Navarro went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and an RBI to lead the Norfolk Tides to a 7-3 victory...

Colleges
Football:
Old Dominion’s Ray Lawry was named to the Doak Walker watch list. The award is given to the nation’s top running back. Lawry ran for a school-record 947 yards on 134 attempts last season and scored 16 touchdowns.
Men’s swimming:
Old...

HONORS:
Rick Mahorn, who starred in Division II college basketball for the Hampton Pirates and sparked the Detroit Pistons to the 1990 and ’91 NBA titles as an enforcer, was honored as part of the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame’s 2015 induction class....

Constant competition and occasional backstabbing aside, coaches are a tight bunch. So when a fraternity member is out of work, invitations abound: attend games; observe practices; participate in staff meetings.
James Johnson took full advantage of...

William and Mary received a $3.5 million commitment from the Class of 1967’s Terry Thompson that will, in large part, help fund several important initiatives and programs outlined in the Tribe Athletics Committee of Competitive Excellence report.
A...

NORFOLK — Cars prowled the side streets near Old Dominion's football complex Thursday night, searching for parking places. Lots were full, lines long and hopes high as approximately 1,000 young men, many accompanied by family members, flocked to a camp to...

All along, Taylor Heinicke was told he was too short to make it as a college quarterback.
Well, you know how that turned out. In four seasons at Old Dominion, Heinicke threw for 14,958 yards and 132 touchdowns. Those are fifth and sixth, respectively,...

NORFOLK — With his six-figure salary and connections, Old Dominion football coach Bobby Wilder acknowledges that his story isn't the norm. But a few years back, he was a father trying to get his kid recruited.
Derek Wilder, a linebacker at Maury High,...

Though some might say he’s spent three decades in a small pond, Tom Yeager isn’t just a big fish within the Colonial Athletic Association. Highly respected on a national level, there’s little doubt he could have gone elsewhere had he gotten restless in...

BASEBALL:International League:
Wil Nieves looped a single to center field off sidewinder Ben Rowen, scoring Adonis Garcia with the winning run in the 11th inning to give Gwinnett a 5-4 triumph Wednesday against Norfolk.
The Braves won...

COLLEGES:Football recruiting:
Old Dominion got two commitments this week, according to Monarchs247. They came from 6-foot-2 wide receiver Kenyon Taylor of Huntersville, N.C., and 6-3 safety Prince Ajegwu of Eastern Tech in Baltimore.
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The NCAA unveiled Academic Progress Rates on Wednesday, just as USA Today posted its annual database of expenses and revenues for public-school athletic departments. A veritable holy day for accountants and statisticians, a debilitating migraine...

Abandoned momentarily by management, the job candidate sat alone in the broom closet that passed for the Daily Press and Times-Herald sports office. He was short and slight, with a jungle of black curls and admirable mustache.
Within moments, Dave...

NFL:
Former William and Mary All-America defensive end Mike Reilly has signed a free-agent contract with the Cleveland Browns.
Reilly is one of two former Tribe players to sign with a NFL team this month, as standout wide receiver Tre McBride was...

Believe it or not, college football season is right around the corner.
OK, so there's 100 days left before a Thursday night slate of 16 games involving Football Bowl Subdivision teams kicks off Sept. 3. Michigan at Utah. North Carolina at South Carolina....

A dormant offense made William and Mary's stay in the Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament as short as possible.
After being rained out Wednesday night, the Tribe (22-30) lost twice Thursday at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant, S.C.
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Men’s college basketball is a June 8 rubber stamp away from shortening its shot clock from 35 to 30 seconds, and given the ongoing debate over pace of play and low scoring, the headlines, hosannas and raspberries that greeted last week’s announcement were...

Conference USA:
Old Dominion fell 6-4 to Florida Atlantic Wednesday night on the first day of the Conference USA tournament in Hattiesburg, Miss.
The Monarchs fell into the losers' bracket for Thursday's round. They will face the loser of Wednesday's...

Old Dominion and William and Mary must come from off the pace to make noise in their upcoming conference baseball tournaments.
The Tribe finished sixth in the Colonial Athletic Association and took the last spot in the tournament, beginning Wednesday...